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Hello Friends,

I am having I-485 (marriage based green card ) interview next week.

My question is , I don't have my original birth certificate with me , I have it in email. The original is in India with my parents and cant get in mail in 4-5 days.

Do i have to have original birth certificate of mine at the time of interview ? or email printout will be ok?

I have my passport with me which also verifies birthday and other things.

Please, help! Its urgent!

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Hello Friends,

I am having I-485 (marriage based green card ) interview next week.

My question is , I don't have my original birth certificate with me , I have it in email. The original is in India with my parents and cant get in mail in 4-5 days.

Do i have to have original birth certificate of mine at the time of interview ? or email printout will be ok?

I have my passport with me which also verifies birthday and other things.

Please, help! Its urgent!

I would go ahead and request for the original to be mailed (expedited). I've read some interview experiences where the IO asked for this information and some where the IO didn't. If the IO does I think the worst that will happen is you will get an RFE to perhaps make an infopass and show it there. Or you might be required to mail it in. Better to ask for more than one official copy so you will have one if you need it in the future.

Good Luck! We're having our interview next week also.

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is beneficiary missing the birth certificate? if you read your interview notice, it does specify to bring original birth certificate of beneficiary. some IO do ask for it and some dont. Ours didnt speficially look at it. I suggest, you try and get it via expedited courier. if you get it in time, its fine or you take gamble.

In my experience, you can get courier from india in 3-4 days. try www.ezworldwide.com. they hv done it for me few times.

Good Luck!

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Hello,

Thanks for replying.

I (beneficiary) have a scanned colored copy of my birth certificate and have passport. I dont have my original birth certi with me.

is beneficiary missing the birth certificate? if you read your interview notice, it does specify to bring original birth certificate of beneficiary. some IO do ask for it and some dont. Ours didnt speficially look at it. I suggest, you try and get it via expedited courier. if you get it in time, its fine or you take gamble.

In my experience, you can get courier from india in 3-4 days. try www.ezworldwide.com. they hv done it for me few times.

Good Luck!


Yes, i have to!! Dont know how i did i miss this 1.

Thank you for wishing me luck and for your advise!

Good luck to you too!! :D

I would go ahead and request for the original to be mailed (expedited). I've read some interview experiences where the IO asked for this information and some where the IO didn't. If the IO does I think the worst that will happen is you will get an RFE to perhaps make an infopass and show it there. Or you might be required to mail it in. Better to ask for more than one official copy so you will have one if you need it in the future.

Good Luck! We're having our interview next week also.

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At our interview, the IO asked to see both of our birth certificates (the US citizen and the foreign spouse) in original, in fact she even inspected the purple seal on the foreign birth certificate to make SURE it was an original. I'm not sure what would have happened if we had not had the original -- I do strongly suggest you try to get it, at least to have if they ask you to bring it as a followup document.

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Thanks for the reply!

My parents already mailed it and i am suppose to get it before my interview.

Lets see ! I hope everthing will be OK!

Wish me luck!! :D

At our interview, the IO asked to see both of our birth certificates (the US citizen and the foreign spouse) in original, in fact she even inspected the purple seal on the foreign birth certificate to make SURE it was an original. I'm not sure what would have happened if we had not had the original -- I do strongly suggest you try to get it, at least to have if they ask you to bring it as a followup document.

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If you have used a reputable courier from India (Blue Dart, DHL, etc) It should reach US in in 3 days if they paid for expedited. I have done this before and it cost a bomb (over 6k Rs for 1 sheet of paper) but it arrived at 10am on the 3rd day so it was worth it!

Don't worry! worst case you go in for interview without it and they want to see it and you will have to go back once it arrives in the mail!

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Thanks for the reply!! i had an interview today and I/O didnt ask for my birth cert at all!!dancin5hr.gif

If you have used a reputable courier from India (Blue Dart, DHL, etc) It should reach US in in 3 days if they paid for expedited. I have done this before and it cost a bomb (over 6k Rs for 1 sheet of paper) but it arrived at 10am on the 3rd day so it was worth it!

Don't worry! worst case you go in for interview without it and they want to see it and you will have to go back once it arrives in the mail!

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Congrats !!

Completed: K1/K2 (271 days) - AOS/EAD/AP (134 days) - ROC (279 days)

"Si vis amari, ama" - Seneca

 

 

 

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~Moved from Family-based AOS Progress to Work, Study & Tourist-based AOS Progress Forum~


~Adjusting from work visa~


Completed: K1/K2 (271 days) - AOS/EAD/AP (134 days) - ROC (279 days)

"Si vis amari, ama" - Seneca

 

 

 

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